acquaintance

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /əˈkweɪntəns/    美 /ʌˈkweɪn.təns/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship. uncountable
    — I know of the man; but have no acquaintance with him.
  2. A person or persons with whom one is acquainted. countable
    — Montgomery was an old acquaintance of Ferguson.
  3. Such people collectively; one's circle of acquaintances (with plural concord). uncountable
    — Having therefore conſulted with my Wife, and ſome of my Acquaintance, I determined to go again to Sea.
  4. Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.). countable,uncountable
    — The words of these songs were either without meaning, or derived from an idiom with which Watt, a very fair linguist, had no acquaintance.

词形变化

acquaintances plural

词汇关系

近义词
familiarity fellowship intimacy knowledge acquaintance kith
上位词
person
下位词
neighbor well-wisher
衍生词
acquaintanced acquaintanceless acquaintance rape acquaintanceship chance acquaintance disacquaintance inacquaintance make someone's acquaintance nodding acquaintance nonacquaintance preacquaintance reacquaintance renew acquaintances scrape acquaintance semiacquaintance unacquaintance
相关词
acquaint associate friend

词源

From Middle English aqueyntaunce, from Anglo-Norman aquaintaunce, aqueintance, Old French acointance (“friendship, familiarity”), from Old French acointier (“to acquaint”). Compare French accointance.
Morphologically acquaint + -ance.
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